Commercialization Of Festivals

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Commercialization has far reaching effects on festivals across the globe. The impact of commercialization has marred the real meaning of religious and traditional customs. I express my views hereafter in favour of the topic. The growing trend of globalization has cast negative impression on age old beliefs. People tend to celebrate festivals not only as a customary practice but also as a means to exercise their spending power. In this way, festivals loose their real significance since their aim was first, to spread love and peace and second, to celebrate the festival keeping in mind the reason why the festival was being celebrated. How many people today celebrate festivals, keeping in mind the religious/ spiritual connection? There are also some religious stories and incidents because of which a festival came into being, about which a majority of us are still unaware and we do not even make an effort to find out about them. The main reason for which people look forward to festivals is a holiday from work to enjoy and relax. Many of them do not even bother about doing a religious ceremony, or thinking about any deity related with the festival even once. What excites them the most is showing off their wealth by exchanging gifts. Even middle-class people are caught up…show more content…
Diwali was celebrated by lighting small diyas and candles, having a small puja and burning a few crackers to rejoice the homecoming of Rama along with Sita and Laxman from his exile in Ayodhya on this day. Houses were white-washed and new clothes were bought. But now with commercialization it’s a pure show of money, people buy designer lights, loads of crackers of various varieties and the long-lasting ones, and burn them for couple of days before and after the festival. This not only causes pollution but also makes one forget the very essence of the festival. There would be very few people who still relate Diwali with
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